The Kentucky Wildcats drew a tough matchup within the 3-14 sport within the South Area. Whereas John Calipari’s squad entered the sport as overwhelming favorites to win, they’d a tricky opponent in an Oakland squad that performed a lot of video games within the non-conference in opposition to Energy 5 competitors.
The Golden Grizzlies — notably veteran guard Jack Gohlke, who has possibly the greenest mild from three I’ve ever seen — spent the primary half taking it to the Wildcats, who had been clearly rattled for a lot of the sport’s first 20 minutes. It received so unhealthy at one level that Kentucky dedicated an especially foolish turnover by not realizing {that a} free throw was really an and-one. Trey Townsend scored and received despatched to the charity stripe, the place he missed.
Pondering that the earlier basket didn’t depend, Wildcats massive man Tre Mitchell tried giving the ball to the ref beneath the ring. As an alternative, he simply handed it out of bounds.
A evaluation decided that this was, certainly, imagined to be an and-one, so this stayed within the field rating as a turnover. Thankfully for Kentucky, it didn’t damage them an excessive amount of, as Oakland was not in a position to rating on the additional possession that they received right here. Nonetheless, if we all know John Calipari, we’re certain he’s going to let somebody hear it over this.
